Week 2 Hockey Recap

Key Games from this Week

Monday 10/17

• San Jose 4 - New York Rangers 7
• San Jose - Logan Couture 1 (2), Brent Burns 2 (3), Joe Pavelski 1 (1)
• New York - Marc Staal 1 (1), Rick Nash 1 (1), Chris Kreider 1 (3), Kevin Hayes 1 (1), Jimmy Vesey 1 (1), Mats Zuccarello 1 (2), Michael Grabner 1 (2)

Tuesday 10/18

• Pittsburgh 0 - Montreal 4
• Pittsburgh - None
• Montreal - Max Pacioretty 1 (1), David Desharnais 2 (2), Alexander Radulov 1 (1)
• Florida 3 - Tampa Bay 4 SO
• Florida - Colton Sceviour 1 (2), Vincent Trocheck 1 (2), Michael Matheson 1 (1)
• Tampa Bay - Alex Killorn 1 (3), Ondrej Palat 1 (1), Steven Stamkos 1 (2)
• Dallas 2 - Nashville 1
• Dallas - Adam Cracknell 1 (2), Jason Spezza 1 (1)
• Nashville - Mike Fisher 1 (2)
• Los Angeles 3 - Minnesota 6
• Los Angeles - Tanner Pearson 2 (2), Anze Kopitar 1 (1)
• Minnestoa - Erik Haula 1 (1), Jason Pominville 1 (1), Charlie Coyle 1 (2),             Mikko Koivu 1(1), Teemu Pulkkinen 1 (1), Jared Spurgeon 1 (1)
• Philadelphia 4 - Chicago 7
• Philadelphia - Matt Read 2 (3), Sean Couturier 1 (3), Wayne Simmonds 1 (2)
• Chicago - Patrick Kane 1 (1), Dennis Rasmussen 1 (1), Artemi Panarin 2 (2),                 Marian Hossa 1 (1), Artem Anisimov 2 (2)

Thursday 10/20

• San Jose 2 - Pittsburgh 3
• San Jose - Tomas Hertl 1 (2), Patrick Marleau 1 (2)
• Pittsburgh - Evgeni Malkin 1 (2), Scott Wilson 1 (1), Patric Hornqvist 1 (2)
• Washington 4 - Florida 2
• Washington - Justin Williams 1 (1), Evgeni Kuznetsov 1 (1), Alex Ovechkin 1 (2), Marcus Johansson 1 (1)
• Florida - Michael Matheson 1 (2), Jaromir Jagr 1 (1)

Saturday 10/22

• Montreal 4 - Boston 2
• Montreal - Brendan Gallagher 1 (3), Phillip Danault 1 (1), Paul Byron 1 (1),          Torrey Mitchell 1 (3)
• Boston - Dominic Moore 1 (2), Ryan Spooner 1 (1)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Washington Capitals	2-1-0	3-1-0	7
Pittsburgh Penguins	1-2-1	3-2-1	7
New York Rangers	2-1-0	3-2-0	6
Philadelphia Flyers	1-2-0	2-2-1	5
New Jersey	2-1-0	2-2-1	5
Columbus Blue Jackets	2-0-0	2-2-0	4
New York Islanders	2-1-0	2-3-0	4
Carolina Hurricanes	1-0-2	1-2-2	4

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Montreal Canadiens	3-0-0	4-0-1	9
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-1-0	4-1-0	8
Detroit Red Wings	4-0-0	4-2-0	8
Florida Panthers	1-1-1	3-1-1	7
Boston Bruins	2-1-0	3-2-0	6
Ottawa Senators	1-2-0	3-2-0	6
Toronto Maple Leafs	0-1-2	1-1-3	4
Buffalo Sabres	1-1-1	1-2-1	3

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
St Louis Blues	1-1-1	4-1-1	9
Minnesota Wild	2-0-0	3-1-1	7
Colorado Avalanche	2-2-0	3-2-0	6
Chicago Blackhawks	2-1-0	3-3-0	6
Dallas Stars	1-1-1	2-2-1	5
Winnipeg Jets	1-1-0	2-2-0	4
Nashville Predators	1-2-0	2-3-0	4

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Vancouver Canucks	3-0-1	4-0-1	9
Edmonton Oilers	2-1-0	4-1-0	8
San Jose Sharks	1-3-0	3-3-0	6
Los Angeles Kings	2-1-0	2-3-0	4
Anaheim Duks	1-1-1	1-3-1	3
Calgary Flames	1-2-0	1-4-1	3
Arizona Coyotes	0-3-0	1-3-0	2

Stat Leaders

Points

• Brent Burns, SJ - 9
• Brad Marchand, BOS - 9
• Four players tied with 8

Goals

• Richard Panik, CHI - 6
• Auston Matthews, TOR - 5
• Matt Read, PHI - 5

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Jimmy Howard, DET - 0.50
• Al Montoya, MTL - 1.30
• Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB - 1.51

Save Percentage

• Jimmy Howard, DET - .984
• Al Montoya, MTL - .962
• Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB - .952

Wins

• Cam Talbot, EDM - 4
• Six players tied with 3

Storylines from the Week

• Rookies (Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine) continue to excel and lead their teams
• Edmonton is really good right now and it's not just on offense
• Pittsburgh desperately needs to get healthy; They can overcome an injury to Sidney Crosby with their depth at forward but an injury to Kris Letang, their number one defenseman, has proven to be a bit too much
• Buffalo's season success has kind of gone off the rails with their injuries
• Los Angeles could be in trouble with injuries to both starting goalie Jonathan Quick and backup Jeff Zatkoff.  Quick is expected to miss up three months with a groin injury and Zatkoff was placed on Injured Reserve, also with a groin injury.  The Kings will now rely on veteran goalie Peter Budaj and Jack Campbell.  Though the Kings are a highly talented team who was expected to make the playoffs this season, this is a significant setback for the team and it could mean them sitting at home when the playoffs start in April

Key Injuries

• 10/22 - ANA D Simon Despres was placed on IR with a head injury 
• 10/21 - ARI G Mike Smith was placed on IR with a lower body injury
• 10/19 - ARI F Jamie McGinn was placed on IR with an upper body inury
• 10/22 - CHI D Trevor van Riemsdyk will miss around a month with an upper body injury
• 10/21 - DAL F Patrick Shar was placed on IR with a concussion
• 10/22 - LA G Jeff Zatkoff was placed on IR with a groin injury
• 10/19 - LA G Jonathan Quick was placed on IR with a groin injury 
• 10/21 - MTL D Zach Redmond was placed on IR with a broken foot

Hockey Bingo

• Jaromir Jagr scored his 750th career goal, putting him just 51 behind Gordie Howe for second all-time

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 10/23

• Edmonton @ Winnipeg - 2016 Heritage Classic Game puts two of the best young players in the league up against each other

Monday 10/24

• Philadelphia @ Montreal

Tuesday 10/25

• Florida @ Pittsburgh
• Tampa Bay @ Toronto - First game for Stamkos in Toronto since he re-signed with Tampa
• Calgary @ St Louis - Elliott's first game back in St Louis
• Winnipeg @ Dallas
• Anaheim @ San Jose

Wednesday 10/26

• Boston @ New York Rangers
• Washington @ Edmonton

Thursday 10/27

• Tampa Bay @ Montreal

Saturday 10/29 - Rivalry Day

• Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia
• Boston @ Detroit
• Toronto @ Montreal

*All stats and information came from NHL.com and ESPN.com